Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.
God forgives those who invent what they need.
Writers talk too much.
You can't recover from what you do not understand.
History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don't start the earthquakes and don't stop them either. Only hero worshipers and ignorant historians think they do.
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.